EUGENE J. FARRABEE

EUGENE J. FARRABEE, SON OF GEORGE AND MARGARET FARRABEE, WAS BORN IN OHIO, JUNE 12, 1866 AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN MOUNT AYR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1929, AFTER AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL MONTHS’ DURATION. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE WAS 63 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND 11 DAYS OLD.

IN  1917 HE CAME TO MOUNT AYR AND ON OCTOBER 15 OF THE SAME YEAR WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MRS. EMMA KELLEY OF THIS CITY. THE HOME WAS ESTABLISHED IN MOUNT AYR AND SOON AFTER THEY BECAME ENGAGED IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SQUARE, WHICH THEY SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO SELL BECAUSE OF MR. FARRABEE’S DECLINING HEALTH.

HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS DEATH HIS FAITHFUL AND LOVING WIFE, RELATIVES AND NUMEROUS FRIENDS.

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM RHOADES FUNERAL HOME MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30, CONDUCTED BY THE REV. E.S. MENOHER, PASTOR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH. INTERMENT WAS MADE IN ROSE HILL CEMETERY.